Indie Horror ‘The Only Ones’ Makes Eerie Entrance at FrightFest

FrightFest 2025 will welcome the international premiere of The Only Ones, an independent horror-thriller written, directed and shot by Jordan Miller. The screening will take place on Thursday 21 August in Discovery Theatre Two at the ODEON Luxe West End, offering UK audiences their first look at a film that blends familiar horror structures with a creeping sense of moral decay and internal threat.

Positioned firmly within the festival’s Discovery strand, The Only Ones explores a tight group of friends whose seemingly minor misfortunes spiral rapidly into violence. As bodies fall and trust begins to erode, the group is forced to reckon with an idea more disturbing than any outside threat: that the danger may lie within.

Miller, co-founder of Future Phantoscope, is known for his work across film, music and audio storytelling. His previous short Three and the upcoming anthology The Black Hills Night Hike reflect a continued interest in stories that disturb not through spectacle but through slow, deliberate unease. The Only Ones represents his most ambitious feature to date, with Miller not only directing but also writing, shooting and editing the film.

The project features narration by Brett Wagner, known to genre fans from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), as well as performances from Nancy Anne Ridder (Scream) and Jim Krut (Dawn of the Dead). Emerging talent including Cayla Berejikian and Emily Classen round out the cast.

The film arrives on digital and physical formats in English-speaking territories from 5 August via Deskpop Entertainment, just ahead of its FrightFest bow. It has been praised for subverting slasher tropes in favour of an atmosphere of psychological collapse and escalating paranoia.

Miller, whose background includes film scoring and audio production, has built a reputation on multidisciplinary storytelling. In addition to his directing credits, he is a seasoned podcast producer and co-host of Camp Nightmare, a long-running horror media podcast. His past collaborations with genre figures and experience across mediums seem to inform The Only Ones, a film concerned as much with atmosphere and emotion as it is with bloodshed.

As FrightFest enters its 2025 edition, The Only Ones stands as a sharp, unnerving reminder that horror often works best when it looks inward.

The Only Ones trailer